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Springfield Park, Foxrock, Dublin 18 · D18 FT21 · Roll number 60240J
Loreto College Foxrock is one of 24 post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Foxrock. Every school in and around Foxrock →
What stands out about Loreto College Foxrock
- 660 pupils, near the middle for post-primary schools in Ireland (the median is 585).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Growing: 660 pupils, 27% more than the 519 of 2019/20.
- A girls’ school.
- Charges fees.
- A voluntary secondary school: owned by its trustees, most often a religious order or its successor trust, and paid for by the State.
- Its patron is Loreto Education Trust; its ethos is Catholic.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Loreto College Foxrock had 660 pupils in 2025/26, against 575 in 2015/16 (+15%). Its roll rose in 5 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Loreto College Foxrock
Ireland publishes no exam results school by school, and section 53 of the Education Act 1998 restricts comparing schools by them, so this school has no letter and nothing here ranks it. Its facts are the Department of Education’s; its inspection reports are linked below.
What the Department of Education does publish for Loreto College Foxrock is on this page: its pupils each September since 2015/16, girls and boys, its patron and ethos, whether it teaches through Irish, whether it is in DEIS, and its inspection reports.
Newspapers print lists of how many of a school’s leavers go on to college. Those count destinations, not exam results, and depend on who a school takes in; we don’t use them.
Inspection reports on Loreto College Foxrock
The Department of Education’s Inspectorate visits schools and publishes its reports. The reports describe what inspectors saw; they give no overall grade, and we don’t make one. Reports for this school on gov.ie ↗
Inspectors visit every kind of school. Whole-school evaluations look at teaching and learning, leadership and management; subject inspections look at one subject; follow-through inspections check whether earlier advice was taken. Each report is published on gov.ie with the school’s response.
Getting a place at Loreto College Foxrock
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Loreto College Foxrock directly, usually in the year before their child finishes sixth class; the school’s yearly admission notice gives the dates for applying and for its decisions.
A school with more applicants than places admits on the criteria in its admission policy, often brothers and sisters, the area it serves and, for post-primary schools, its feeder primaries. A family refused a place can appeal.
It charges fees, set by the school. It takes girls only.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Loreto College Foxrock has grown by 27% since 2019/20. All the schools around Foxrock together changed by +6%.
Pupils since 2019/20
Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018; Department of Education enrolments 2019/20 and 2025/26 (preliminary).
Side by side with the nearest post-primary schools
2025/26The nearest schools of the same kind, as the crow flies: their pupils, ethos and language. No results: none are published.
Of the 6 nearest post-primary schools, 2 have more pupils than Loreto College Foxrock. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +27%; 1 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loreto College Foxrock | 660 | +27% | Catholic | English | ||
| Clonkeen College | 635 | +10% | Catholic | English | 1.3 km | |
| Stepaside Educate Together Secondary School | 741 | +246% | Multi-denominational | English | 1.7 km | |
| Rockford Manor Secondary School | 273 | −1% | Catholic | English | 1.8 km | |
| Newpark Comprehensive School | 884 | +3% | Church of Ireland | English | 1.9 km | |
| St Raphaela's Secondary School | 637 | +12% | Catholic | English | 2.2 km | |
| Cabinteely Community School | 512 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 2.4 km |
The other 177 post-primary schools in Co. Dublin
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christian Brothers College | 549 | +7% | Catholic | English | 2.7 km | |
| Holy Child Community School | 275 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 2.7 km |
| Oatlands College | 623 | +14% | Catholic | English | 2.8 km | |
| Rathdown School | 364 | +38% | Church of Ireland | English | 3.2 km | |
| St Benildus College | 949 | +18% | Catholic | English | 3.2 km | |
| Dominican College | 521 | +19% | Catholic | English | 3.3 km | |
| Blackrock Educate Together Secondary School | 236 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 3.4 km | |
| St Laurence College | 302 | +17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3.5 km |
| Blackrock College | 1,041 | +2% | Catholic | English | 3.5 km | |
| St Joseph Of Cluny Secondary School | 270 | +7% | Catholic | English | 3.5 km | |
| Coláiste Íosagáin | 488 | +1% | Catholic | All in Irish | 3.8 km | |
| Rosemont School | 307 | +69% | Catholic | English | 3.8 km | |
| Mount Anville Secondary School | 726 | +4% | Catholic | English | 3.8 km | |
| Coláiste Eoin | 517 | +4% | Catholic | All in Irish | 3.8 km | |
| Willow Park School | 206 | −0% | Catholic | English | 3.9 km | |
| St Andrews College | 1,011 | +2% | Presbyterian | English | 4 km | |
| St. Tiernan's Community School | 368 | +7% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 4.2 km |
| Wesley College | 942 | +2% | Methodist | English | 4.4 km | |
| Goatstown Educate Together Secondary School | 366 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 4.5 km | |
| Holy Child Killiney | 382 | +9% | Catholic | English | 4.7 km | |
| St Kilian's Deutsche Schule | 475 | +18% | Inter-denominational | English | 4.9 km | |
| Our Lady's Grove Secondary School | 295 | −3% | Catholic | English | 5 km | |
| Loreto Abbey Secondary School | 757 | +16% | Catholic | English | 5.2 km | |
| Ballinteer Community School | 415 | +2% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 5.7 km |
| The Teresian School | 230 | +16% | Catholic | English | 5.8 km | |
| St Michaels College | 731 | +10% | Catholic | English | 5.8 km | |
| St Columba's College | 357 | +7% | Church of Ireland | English | 6.2 km | |
| De La Salle College | 463 | +45% | Catholic | English | 6.4 km | |
| Alexandra College | 664 | +13% | Church of Ireland | English | 6.4 km | |
| John Scottus Secondary School | 211 | +77% | Inter-denominational | English | 6.7 km | |
| Gonzaga College | 576 | +4% | Catholic | English | 6.9 km | |
| Muckross Park College | 709 | +0% | Catholic | English | 7 km | |
| Sandymount Park Educate Together Secondary School | 437 | +460% | Multi-denominational | English | 7.1 km | |
| Gaelcholáiste an Phiarsaigh | 296 | +13% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 7.2 km | |
| Sandford Park School Ltd | 437 | +8% | Inter-denominational | English | 7.3 km | |
| Woodbrook College | 623 | +51% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.4 km |
| The High School | 811 | +11% | Church of Ireland | English | 7.4 km | |
| Loreto High School | 625 | −5% | Catholic | English | 7.4 km | |
| St Conleths College | 339 | +19% | Catholic | English | 7.4 km | |
| Marian College | 319 | −8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.5 km |
| Stratford College | 189 | +28% | Jewish | English | 7.7 km | |
| St Louis High School | 690 | +2% | Catholic | English | 8.2 km | |
| Coláiste Éanna | 618 | +3% | Catholic | English | 8.3 km | |
| Rockbrook Park School | 186 | +14% | Catholic | English | 8.3 km | |
| Presentation Community College | 443 | +26% | Catholic | English | 8.5 km | |
| Ringsend College | 191 | +1% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 8.5 km |
| Our Ladys School | 799 | +5% | Catholic | English | 8.5 km | |
| St. Mary's College C.S.Sp., Rathmines | 500 | +17% | Catholic | English | 8.5 km | |
| Sancta Maria College | 577 | +5% | Catholic | English | 8.6 km | |
| Catholic University School | 544 | +7% | Catholic | English | 8.7 km | |
| Terenure College | 800 | +16% | Catholic | English | 8.7 km | |
| Harolds Cross Educate Together Secondary School | 437 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 8.8 km | |
| Loreto College | 588 | +5% | Catholic | English | 8.9 km | |
| Christian Brothers, Synge St. | 256 | −3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9.1 km |
| C.B.S. Westland Row | 205 | +52% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9.1 km |
| St. Colmcille's Community School | 727 | −0% | Inter-denominational | English | 9.2 km | |
| Templeogue College | 637 | −6% | Catholic | English | 9.6 km | |
| St Patricks Cathedral Grammar School | 302 | +39% | Church of Ireland | English | 9.7 km | |
| Presentation College | 262 | +55% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9.7 km |
| Holy Faith Secondary School | 647 | +0% | Catholic | English | 9.8 km | |
| Clogher Road Community College | 297 | +46% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 9.9 km |
| Rosary College | 250 | +35% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 10 km |
| Loreto College | 320 | −20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 10 km |
| Larkin Community College | 403 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 10 km |
| St Mac Dara's Community College | 915 | +7% | Inter-denominational | English | 10 km | |
| Firhouse Educate Together Secondary School | 411 | +407% | Multi-denominational | English | 10 km | |
| C.B.S. James Street | 251 | +65% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| O'Connell School | 222 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Mount Carmel Secondary School | 386 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Belvedere College S.J | 1,011 | +1% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| St Josephs C.B.S. | 310 | +20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Marino College | 297 | +21% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| St Pauls C.B.S. | 244 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Tallaght Community School | 840 | +10% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| St Pauls Secondary School | 466 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Mount Temple Comprehensive School | 903 | +2% | Church of Ireland | English | 11 km | |
| Greenhills College | 186 | +36% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| St Pauls College | 650 | +10% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Árdscoil Rís | 563 | +4% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| St Josephs Secondary School | 283 | +48% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Firhouse Community College | 825 | +2% | Inter-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| Our Lady Of Mercy Secondary School | 289 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Assumption Secondary School | 270 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Manor House School | 652 | −5% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Meanscoil Iognáid Rís | 521 | −10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Coláiste de hÍde | 266 | −11% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | ✓ | 12 km |
| Rosmini Community School | 139 | +16% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| St Marys Secondary School | 320 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Mercy Secondary School | 349 | +124% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Maryfield College | 527 | −11% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Dominican College | 799 | +7% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| St. David's College | 550 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| St Vincents C.B.S. Glasnevin | 408 | +13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Scoil Chaitriona | 523 | +11% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 13 km |
| Mercy College Coolock | 402 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Clonturk College | 968 | +182% | Multi-denominational | English | 13 km | |
| Sutton Park School | 503 | +36% | Church of Ireland | English | 13 km | |
| Árdscoil La Salle | 289 | +74% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Chanel College | 451 | −21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Old Bawn Community School | 1,024 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | 13 km | |
| Ellenfield Community College | 150 | +3% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| St Mary's Secondary School | 830 | +2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Our Lady Of Mercy College | 407 | +6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Cabra Community College | 264 | +102% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Coláiste Mhuire | 272 | −4% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 13 km |
| St. Aidan's C.B.S. | 725 | +1% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| The Donahies Community School | 488 | +4% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| St Declan's College | 651 | +0% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Kingswood Community College | 1,006 | +93% | Multi-denominational | English | 14 km | |
| St. Fintan's High School | 714 | +1% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Pobalscoil Neasáin | 831 | +7% | Inter-denominational | English | 14 km | |
| Santa Sabina Dominican College | 754 | +13% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| St Dominics College | 790 | −1% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Coolock Community College | 205 | +32% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| Kylemore College | 479 | +22% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| St Marys Secondary School | 230 | −16% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| St Kevins College | 503 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| Gaelcholáiste Reachrann | 453 | +2% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 14 km | |
| St Marks Community School | 931 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| Grange Community College | 553 | +98% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| St. Seton's Secondary School | 741 | – | Other | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| Belmayne Educate Together Secondary School | 595 | +1,883% | Multi-denominational | English | 14 km | |
| Trinity Comprehensive School | 564 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| Killinarden Community School | 471 | −3% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| Beneavin De La Salle College | 585 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| Coláiste Bríde | 993 | +4% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| St Michaels Secondary School | 646 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| Mount Sackville Secondary School | 636 | −3% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Mount Seskin Community College | 350 | +8% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| Coláiste Eoin | 257 | +43% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| Moyle Park College | 763 | +3% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Phobailscoil Iosolde | 764 | −0% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| St Aidan's Community School | 561 | +28% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| Coláiste Chilliain | 400 | −4% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 16 km | |
| Edmund Rice College | 912 | +576% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| New Cross College | 417 | +110% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| Collinstown Park Community College | 630 | +11% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| Castleknock College | 771 | +10% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| The Kings Hospital | 732 | +3% | Church of Ireland | English | 17 km | |
| Deansrath Community College | 425 | +43% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 17 km |
| Coláiste pobail Fóla | 758 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 17 km | |
| St. Kevin's Community College | 525 | +41% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 18 km |
| Portmarnock Community School | 955 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | 18 km | |
| Kishoge Community College | 937 | +12% | Multi-denominational | English | 18 km | |
| Griffeen Community College | 576 | +317% | Multi-denominational | English | 18 km | |
| Castleknock Community College | 1,318 | +13% | Multi-denominational | English | 18 km | |
| Le Cheile Secondary School | 944 | +26% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Malahide Community School | 1,250 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | 18 km | |
| Luttrellstown Community College | 1,027 | +15% | Multi-denominational | English | 19 km | |
| Coláiste Cois Life | 592 | −27% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 19 km | |
| Coláiste Phádraig CBS | 745 | +38% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Scoil Phobail Chuil Mhin | 1,014 | −1% | Inter-denominational | English | 19 km | |
| Malahide & Portmarnock Secondary School | 696 | +939% | Multi-denominational | English | 20 km | |
| Rath Dara Community College | 323 | +28% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 20 km |
| St Joseph's College | 934 | +6% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Lucan Community College | 966 | +5% | Multi-denominational | English | 20 km | |
| Holy Family Community School | 998 | +4% | Inter-denominational | English | 20 km | |
| Coláiste Choilm | 421 | −23% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Adamstown Community College | 981 | +8% | Multi-denominational | English | 20 km | |
| Blakestown Community School | 563 | +31% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 20 km |
| Loreto College | 655 | +4% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Hartstown Community School | 1,120 | −1% | Inter-denominational | English | 21 km | |
| Fingal Community College | 864 | +1% | Inter-denominational | English | 21 km | |
| St Finians Community College | 671 | +4% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 22 km |
| Swords Community College | 952 | +473% | Multi-denominational | English | 22 km | |
| Coláiste Pobail Setanta | 1,079 | +2% | Multi-denominational | English | 22 km | |
| Eriu Community College | 193 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 22 km | |
| Hansfield ETSS | 867 | +34% | Multi-denominational | English | 22 km | |
| Donabate Community College | 799 | +5% | Multi-denominational | English | 24 km | |
| St Joseph's Secondary School | 945 | +19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 28 km |
| Lusk Community College | 1,104 | +61% | Multi-denominational | English | 29 km | |
| Skerries Community College | 1,025 | +5% | Inter-denominational | English | 34 km | |
| Ardgillan Community College | 1,014 | +6% | Multi-denominational | English | 36 km | |
| Bremore Educate Together Secondary School | 824 | +124% | Multi-denominational | English | 37 km | |
| Coláiste Ghlór na Mara | 520 | +63% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 37 km | |
| Balbriggan Community College | 686 | +33% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 38 km |
| Loreto Secondary School | 1,220 | −5% | Catholic | English | 38 km |
Living in Foxrock
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the D18 Eircode area
Housing in Foxrock →The median sale price rose from €621,000 in 2023 to €673,900 in 2025 (+9%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the D18 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Foxrock
Cost of living in Foxrock →New tenancies in Foxrock averaged €3,448 a month in 2025, against €3,355 in 2024 (+3%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
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Foxrock, D18 FT21
Post-primary schools near Loreto College Foxrock
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Loreto College Foxrock
Is Loreto College Foxrock a good school?
We don’t grade it: Ireland publishes no exam results school by school, and section 53 of the Education Act 1998 restricts comparing them. Its inspection reports on gov.ie, a visit and a talk with the principal will tell you more than any table could.
How many pupils does Loreto College Foxrock have?
660 pupils in 2025/26. That is +27% since 2019/20.
Does Loreto College Foxrock teach through Irish?
No: Loreto College Foxrock teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Loreto College Foxrock?
Loreto College Foxrock has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Loreto Education Trust.
How do pupils get a place at Loreto College Foxrock?
Apply to the school directly. It publishes an admission policy and a yearly admission notice with its dates; if more children apply than it has places, it admits on the criteria in its policy.
Which schools of the same kind are near Loreto College Foxrock?
The nearest are Clonkeen College (1.3 km), Stepaside Educate Together Secondary School (1.7 km) and Rockford Manor Secondary School (1.8 km).
Sources: Department of Education, school lists 2025/26 (preliminary) and enrolments since 2015/16, CC BY 4.0 · inspection reports on gov.ie, linked by roll number. Under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).
Facts from the Department of Education’s school lists. Listed with Foxrock; nothing here rates the school.
Contains Central Statistics Office (CSO) data, Census 2022, and Tailte Éireann boundaries (CSO Urban Areas, Small Areas, local electoral areas, constituencies), under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).